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01 July 2005
Online Poker Ace Set To Face The
Real Thing
An
online poker player who has never faced real-life opponents
has qualified for a $10million Las Vegas contest.
Stuart Beaton, 36, won
entry to the biggest game in the World Series of Poker by
playing online.
His prize was a $10,000
buy-in to the game plus flights and accommodation for a week
in Las Vegas.
Last night, he admitted:
2I'm scared stiff about the challenge but I'm going to enjoy
it and I'll play to win."
He learned the intricacies
of Texas Hold 'Em in just six months of online
games.
But poker experts warn
playing against opponents face-to-face is the real
challenge. Stuart, of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, said:
'I've spoken to some top players and they tell me to play my
game.
"My problem is that I
don't have a game in the conventional sense."
The IT operator will fly
to America on Saturday with girlfriend Tracy Ferguson,
29.
He said: "Tracy wasn't too
keen at first about me spending hours playing poker but she
is getting a fancy holiday out of it, so she isn't
complaining."
Stuart, whose story was on
Sky News, has won several hundred dollars online.
His Las Vegas contest
involves 600 players, who will be whittled down to a final
nine after five days of play.
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